Wed

-- 12:09a  Skim Ch5 news

-- 12:50a  Bed

When I looked at the weather earlier there was no rain in forecast but it's started to rain.

--   9:12a  Up

--   9:50a  Leaving to bike, then get breakfast @McD:  hotcakes & sausage

-- 11:15a  Sitting in garage after biking 3+3.

-- 12:04p  Inside after biking 3 mi;  "The View"

--   2:08p  Skim Ch2 news

--   2:55p  Leaving to bike in brutal heat before it starts raining.

--   3:18p  After biking 3 mi, sitting in garage with drizzle staring and

lightning in the distance.  A min later, it started pouring, but it only lasted 5 mins.

It wasn't too bad biking because it was cloudy. 

--   3:32p  Inside;  "Inside Edition"

--   4:00p  Skim Ch7 news

--   4:30p  Rain has moved east but I still hear thunder;  Nap

--   5:15p  Up

--   6:00p  Leaving to get dinner @MdDonald's: McChicken meal deal.

I was going to go to BK for their Wed Whopper but changed my mind.

However, I thought the McD meal deal had a burger on it, but it seems that they only have

burgers on the extra priced ones with lettuce & tomato now.

--   6:35p  Arrived 5 mins late for Homeowners' meeting to discuss proposed 

large special assessment.  Almost everyone else (of those who would ultimately attend)

were already there.  Apparently, it was NOT a special meeting just to discuss this issue.

It was a regular board meeting, although they managed to dispense with everything else in 15 mins.

~~  People were not quite as upset as I expected them to be, but those who were a bit upset

didn't get good answers from the property manager, who managed to deflect everything.

~~ It was crowded (because the room is small) and there was no air conditioning.

I and only one other person was wearing a mask.

At least the rain that occurred earlier had cooled things down a bit.  And, luckily,

it wasn't storming during the meeting.

~~  I spoke twice.  I sarcastically pointed out that none of our units are selling because

prospective buyers see how bad everything is.  (A unit sold just last week -- and the

realtor is on the board.)  The property manager's response was nonsensical so I can't

ever remember what he said.

~~  Second, he was calling the full list "the laundry list", but when they were taking

things off (such as remodeling the pool house), I said that you don't take things off the

laundry list, you move selected items to the to-do list.  He said that was just semantics

but it wasn't -- because some people were expressing that they might want it considered after

it's more fully developed by explaining specifically what improvements are under consideration.

--   8:49p  Inside after biking 4 mi with neighbor (and successfully met steps goal)

--   9:07p  "Big Brother" [90 mins]

--   9:19p - 9:34p  Immediate neighbor called to complain about the meeting --

even though he's on the board.

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